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3.

Subject matter
content is an
integration of
cognitive, skill
and affective
elements.

Must contain the three domains:
Cognitive
Affective
Skills
INTEGRATED
Structure
of the
Subject
Matter
Content
COGNITIVE

Fact- an idea that can be verified.
Concept- a categorization of events, places, people, ideas.
Principle- relationship between and among facts and concepts.
Hypotheses- educated guesses about relationship(principles).
Theories- set of facts, concepts, and principles that describe the possible
underlying unobservable mechanisms that regulate human learning,
development, and behavior. They explain why these principles are true.
Personal Theories- acquiring general beliefs about how the world operates
Laws- firmly established, thoroughly tested principle or theory.

Thinking skills are the skills that are beyond recall as well as
comprehension. These skills are concerned with the application of what
was being learned such like having a problem solving in real life situation.
It also includes synthesis, evaluation as well as critical and creative
thinking.
The Manipulative Skills are those skills that are dominantly skill-oriented
such like computer manipulation, physical education and many else. A
gross motor skill involving the use of the hands to control the movement
of other objects.
In Physical Education, these are the skills developed while using an implement.
These may include: receiving; e.g., catching, collecting: retaining; e.g., dribbling,
carrying, bouncing, trapping: sending; e.g., throwing, kicking, striking.


Thinking Skills
There were two different
forms of thinking or ability in
play here:
Divergent
Convergent

Convergent vs. Divergent

Divergent thinking
Divergent thinking is the type of thinking we do when
solving an abstract or new problem that has many
possible answers, solutions, or outcomes. It is a process
of creating many unique solutions in order to solve a
problem. It is spontaneous and free-flowing.
Here the student's skill is in broadly creative
elaboration of ideas prompted by a stimulus, and is
more suited to artistic pursuits and study in the
humanities.
Divergent thinking is generally associated with the humanities
and fine arts
EXAMPLE:

When you write a poem or story you have an endless supply of possible
characters, words to use, and themes or events that might happen, so this
creative process requires divergent thinking.

Convergent thinking
Convergent thinking is the type of thinking we do
when solving a well-defined, straightforward, correct
answer to a problem. Convergent thinking is used
when there is a simple, correct answer to a question
Many tests that are used in schools, such as multiple choice
tests, spelling tests, math quizzes, and standardized tests, are
measures of convergent thinking.
Applying logical steps in order to determine what is the
single best solution.
Convergent thinking is generally associated with math and
science

For example, what's the capital of England? The answer is London.
If you knew the answer, you used convergent thinking. Creativity is
not relevant to convergent thinking because you don't have to be
creative to know the answer to this problem; all you have to do is
come up with the stated, factual answer.

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